Add-on charges cropping up in places like Rapid City, S.D; $30 a night for ‘free’ Wi-Fi

When Ajit Pillai checked into the Crowne Plaza Times Square in New York last month with his family, he was surprised to learn he would have to pay a $30 “resort fee” for each of the four nights of his trip.

He had grown accustomed to such fees at Las Vegas casinos and beachfront resorts but didn’t expect to see the charge at a relatively modest, $260-a-night hotel in congested Midtown Manhattan.